The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well known. The European and Asiatic stilt (H. Candidus) is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars, which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt (H. Leucocephalus) and the banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in australia.

(Science: zoology) Stilt plover, an American sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus) having longlegs. The bill is somewhat expanded at the tip.